Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Kathryn had fought back.

At first, when her adoptive brothers beat her, she resisted with everything she had.

They were older and stronger, but she refused to go down without a fight. She threw anything she could get her hands on at them.

One time, she even grabbed a hatchet and chased them across the village.

They were terrified.

Even when her adoptive mother tried to punish her on their behalf, Kathryn didn't back down-she raised the hatchet and swung at her, too.

Her defiance finally shocked them into submission.

After that, they never dared to lay a hand on her again.

But she still had to live in that house, relying on them for food and shelter. The abuse didn't stop-it just took different forms. She was always hungry, always cold, never given decent clothes or a proper place to sleep.

And her adoptive father, the man who had brought her into that family, never once stepped in. He never defended her.

Kathryn hated him the most.

prison, he later died of a so-called "illness"

truth-her biological

No sympathy, no pity. If anything, she thought death was too easy for

to the Farrell family, her adoptive mother and brothers tried to latch

to drain

never gave them

she had already built a successful business and was worth

adoptive family. She had no intention of helping them. No intention of repaying

for years-why should she lift a

She wasn't a saint.

aching. "Miss, none of that will ever happen again." Then he stood up, grabbed some

has gone down a lot," he

been beaten,

Pedro tending to her with

How about Wiltspoon? Or Annenburg? It doesn't get too cold there, but summer lasts forever-seven or eight months

we can turn on the

endured as

used to suffer from

business and became wealthy that she finally

got